Woman's Power Flashcards
1
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A woman entwines…
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A woman entwines my life and brings a man enslaved
2
Q
I can’t break…
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I can’t break the yoke and snap my chains
3
Q
Drew out soft…
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Drew out soft spinners tasks with hardened hands
4
Q
Her…
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Her obscene husband
5
Q
Why Cleopatra…
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Why Cleopatra… a woman worn out by her own attendants?
6
Q
Queen of…
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Queen of incestuous Canopus
7
Q
Dared to oppose…
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Dared to oppose our Jupiter with yapping Anubus
8
Q
Was it worth…
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Was it worth to have shattered Tarquin’s axes
9
Q
A woman entwines my life and brings a man enslaved
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- Shows the influence and danger of love, as women appear to be abe to easily control a man through it
10
Q
I can’t break the yoke and snap my chains
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- Makes the men seem like animals due to the yoke- a wooden beam used between a pair of animals in farm work
11
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Drew out soft spinners tasks with hardened hands
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- After Heracles fell in love with Omphale when she enslaved him for a year, she made him work like a slave girl for her
- His love for her has caused him to transgress his role- he’s not suited for this womanly task when he’s so heroic and strong, but his love for her brings him to do it
12
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Her obscene husband
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- Antony not mentioned by name, reduced to nothing more than his role as Cleoptra’s husband
- Makes it seem as if he’s possessed by Cleopatra, like he’s just a commodity to her- he’s like a woman as he’s only defined here by his marriage
13
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Why Cleopatra… A woman worn out by her own attendants?
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- Suggests she’s having sexual relationships with her slaves
- For Romans, especially those of noble and ruling class, legitimacy was very important as it meant that the family name and fortune would be passed down to someone actually from the family.
